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Non-violent extremism : the case of Wirathu in Myanmar

Author

Kumar Ramakrishna

Date of Issue

2013

School

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

Abstract

The controversial Buddhist monk Wirathu, putative leader of the Buddhist fundamentalist 969 movement in Myanmar, has fuelled Buddhist-Muslim violence in the past year. Liberal responses to let the marketplace of ideas drown his extremist rhetoric are unlikely to suffice.